- The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $99.6 million loan to Africell — the only U.S.-owned mobile operator in Africa — to expand in Angola and buy American/European telecom tech, aiming to boost U.S. tech jobs and presence.
- The move is part of a broader U.S. push to counter China’s Huawei, which supplies much of Africa’s 4G/5G infrastructure amid U.S. national-security concerns and legal scrutiny.
- Africell, which also operates in Congo, Sierra Leone and Gambia, highlights the growing U.S.–China competition over telecom influence and tech supply chains in Africa.
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